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Uber, Lyft Unveil Ballot Measure to Fight California Gig Workers Law

Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have unveiled a new ballot measure intended to fight the recently passed California law that will re-classify gig economy workers as employees, potentially devastating their business models which rely on armies of drivers who are treated as contract workers.

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Poll: Gavin Newsom Underwater in California

California voters appear to have have turned against Gov. Gavin Newsom in the most recent Public Policy Institute of California poll, which has the first-year governor “underwater,” with 44% of likely voters disapproving and 43% approving.

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Uber to Defy California Law that Could Classify Drivers as Employees

Uber struck a defiant note Wednesday, saying that it won’t reclassify drivers as employees despite a California law expected to take effect in January that would dramatically change the status of gig workers in the state. According to the company, drivers fall “outside the usual course of Uber’s business.”

Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, pictured in 2016